we have been removed from the list of states sponsoring terrorism or benefiting — we were benefiting from the process, we're allowed to have considerable funds in the billions of dollars in order to redress the economy and opening up to the international financial system and so many things... hang on, i can't believe — i'm very surprised you're so satisfied with what you're hearing from washington, because since the october coup, when hamdok and his cabinet were removed, the us has been in a great deal of confusion. we've had the two top officials responsible for sudan, jeffrey feltman and molly phee — feltman the special envoy for the horn of africa, who's now actually retiring, and ms phee who works at the state department — they've given very different signals about how tough they're prepared to be with the sudanese military. mr feltman talks of sanctions, ms phee seems much more conciliatory, and joe biden hasn't even appointed a us ambassador in khartoum. frankly, it doesn't look like the us is really paying that much attention to what is happening.